maybe now all the others that have commented that it was the teams at fault my take notice!!! and The Mclarens had blowouts twice!! definatly a tyre issue.. i say again Pirelli take some responsability your not a child in the playground..

Well they tried their front suspension upside down earlier in the season so they probably thought we might as well try the tyres round the wrong way to see if it makes the car go faster as nothing else does!!!!!

On the subject of overheating tyres.Anybody interested in the why and how a team can dramatically speed up tyre heat build-up (getting the tyre to operating temperature in a quick way) when using directional designed tyres should visit Crash Net Tuesday page (Pirelli confirms tyre changes 27 comments) and go through comments 24-25-26.

re: "Agree with rob01, they conveniently forget to mention they had the rear tyres on the wrong side of the car, therefore they were not running to specification."

(a fish stinks from the head down.)

doesn't matter. a tyre was still designed asymmetrical with a known safety concern. then put into the field without any system of enforcement/verification for proper mounting. if there's a clearer case of product liability...? I haven't seen it.

even with instructions communicated, there's still something known as "human factors" (ask the FAA about this). crews can do a full pit-stop, all 4 tyres, (once upon a time fuel), and a wing change in less than 5 secs.

if not clearly marked, it's ENTIRELY plausible a boffin can yank off the wrong warmer in that hustle and a tyre can make it out onto a hot track/live race in an incorrect position still creating a safety hazard. any professional engineer who doesn't see this needs to go do something else. this is not for you.

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